At seven o'clock in the evening, Jinling Qinhuai River Courtyard.

Han Lin invited Ying Zuo Zhenzhao to a banquet, this is an asset that was originally confiscated from the assets of the Baode Yuan Commercial Bank's Japanese espionage case, and was a secret stronghold of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Special Service Office, and now it has become Han Lin's reception place in Jinling, just on the bank of the Qinhuai River, with a pleasant environment.

The Eight Immortals Table Taishi Chair in the early Qing Dynasty made of Huanghua rosewood, and the tea set of Song porcelain, look antique and look very stylish, and have been highly appreciated by Ying Zuo Zhenzhao, although he may not understand.

Although the Japanese like to sit on the tatami mat and talk, it is not so absolute, at least Kagesa Zhenaki never cared about this, he deliberately performed to "integrate" into the Chinese social environment, and did not pursue these personal habits.

"Han Jun, I have received a message from the base camp that at the beginning of next month, the imperial meeting of the base camp will discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations with the new government, and this work may be completed in November." Kagesa Zhenzhao said with a smile, picked up the cup and took a sip beautifully.

"Since Japan is going to advance south, the war resources are divided into two, and naturally it is even less capable of quickly resolving the war in China, so it is also ready to fight a protracted war with the Yamashiro government, and the next strategy is to use China to contain China, and use China's resources to support Japan's second-line war, in this case, it is imperative to give the new government a higher status." Han Lin said.

"The empire sent Kobayashi Kazuzo, Minister of Commerce and Industry, to the Dutch East Indies to negotiate the oil issue, hoping to maintain trade relations without being influenced by the outside world." Kagesa said.

The Dutch East Indies is a treasure trove of oil in East Asia, with an annual output of about 8 million tons, about 20 times that of Japan. Japan needs about 5 million tons of oil a year, but its self-sufficiency capacity is less than one-tenth, so in order to prevent the United States from cutting off oil supplies to Japan, Japan sent representatives to the Dutch East Indies to negotiate and seek its own oil security.

"I don't want to pour cold water on you, but in fact, the oil negotiations between Japan and the Dutch East Indies are futile, and the close relations between Europe and the United States will make this Minister of Commerce and Industry useless, and no progress will be made at all, and the root of all this lies with Britain and the United States." Han Lin said.

"What if the Empire used force against the Dutch East Indies?" Kagesa asked.

"That would be tantamount to declaring war on Britain and the United States, and there is no doubt that Britain and the United States, especially the U.S. government, could not sit idly by and watch Japan obtain the oil resources of the Dutch East Indies, which would be tantamount to avoiding the economic sanctions of the United States." Han Lin shook his head and said.

"In the early hours of this morning, Fu Xiao'an was killed in his own home, and I guess there must be an undercurrent surging within the new government, attracted by the vacated position of mayor." Kagesa changed the subject.

Japan's base camp is also discussing whether Britain and the Netherlands can be treated separately, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry went to the Dutch East Indies to negotiate, which is a test, and for Japan, if the Dutch East Indies can provide oil stably, it will not need to rush to war with Britain and the United States for the time being, and there will be sufficient time to prepare for war according to the changes in the international environment, and formulate a strategy for advancing north or south, and there will be more room for maneuver.

"I don't feel strange at all, it's just the norm, what does other people's lives and deaths have to do with them? If I were in the new government, I would have tried to get this position, after all, the interests of the largest international city in the Far East are worth fighting for. ”

"In the past, Fu Xiao'an only listened to the command of the Japanese secret service in Shanghai, as if Shanghai was outside the jurisdiction of the new government, and you had to let the people of the new government show much pain about his death, which was a bit difficult for a strong man. Does Kagesa-kun have his own candidate? Han Lin asked with a smile.

"Now that the empire has decided to elevate the status of the new government, the candidate is naturally recommended by the new government, what, listen to what you mean, it seems that you want someone to intercede?" Kagesa asked.

Han Lin has been dating him for all these years, and it is the first time he has intervened in personnel matters, and he also feels very curious in his heart, who has such a big face?

"I hope Ying Zuojun will consider Chen Gongbo." Han Lin said.

"Why him? You also seem to have a good relationship with Zhou Gaohai? How did you recommend Chen Gongbo this time? Kagesa asked curiously.

"Ying Zuojun, if you were Wang Jingwei, would you let Zhou Gaohai serve as the mayor of Shanghai as the Minister of Finance and the President of the Reserve Bank of China? There is an old Chinese saying that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and his own position of power is already threatening, and it is impossible for him to expand his strength and influence, and Zhou Gaohai will never give up his financial power, so he can't hold this position concurrently. ”

"I heard that the new government is divided into what is the Gongguan faction and the non-Gongguan faction, think about this so-called Gongguan faction, Chu Minyi, Lin Baisheng, Chen Chunpu, Chen Yaozu and others in it, all of them are relatives of Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo is also classified as the Gongguan faction, but he is not a person from the Gongguan faction, he has his own ideological ambitions, but he has not been given the opportunity to play."

"Compared with other people, I support Chen Gongbo more, and he also made it clear to me that he would like to be the mayor of Shanghai, and asked me to intercede with Ying Zuojun on his behalf, I thought about it and thought that he was still suitable, at least he could play a buffering role between the mansion faction and the non-mansion faction, I am not very optimistic about Wang Jingwei's wanton appointment of relatives to important positions, and Chen Gongbo will be pushed out, which is acceptable to all parties, so as not to tear his face for this." Han Lin said.

"Your statement is very pertinent, and like my thinking, it seems that you have a very clear grasp of the factions within the new government. Conflicts of interest are inevitable, this is human nature, I agree with President Wang's approach, we can't let Zhou Gaohai's power too great, but I am not very optimistic about his relatives. ”

"I can support Chen Gongbo, this is also taking into account the interests of the empire, but the mayor of Shanghai also needs to listen to the opinion of the navy, if the navy also agrees, this matter can be decided, you tell Chen Gongbo, he himself and the navy side contact, and when the military advisory group meets to study, I hope he can get the support of the navy." Kagesa said.

He is a veteran spy and knows the internal relations and factions of Wang's puppet government very well, so he agrees with Han Lin's words, Chen Gongbo is indeed not a member of the mansion faction, but more like a solo fighter.

Moreover, this person has a very close relationship with Wang Jingwei, even if he develops his own power, he will definitely not threaten Wang Jingwei's position, but it is not the case with Zhou Gaohai.

"I'm going back to Shancheng in a few days, and the people in the new government are competing for the mayor of Shanghai, and I'm going to compete for the anti-smuggling director of the Ministry of Finance of the Shancheng government. Han Lin said.

"With all due respect, in times of war, the work of anti-smuggling is not very easy to do, although with your ability, I believe that you can handle complex interpersonal relationships, but it is inevitable to offend people, and it is easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against hidden arrows." Kagesa said.

Han Lin is one of the largest smugglers in Shanghai, relying on the protection of the Mei organ and the special high school, a large number of smuggling cotton cloth, cotton yarn, flower gauze, hardware tools, small machine tools, auto parts and Western medicine, etc., and also smuggling salt.

Of course, although he knew that Han Lin was engaged in smuggling activities, he didn't care very much, Han Lin helped him a lot, just smuggled some civilian materials, he was acceptable, because of Han Lin's identity, he couldn't serve in the new government, and making some money was also a thank you to Han Lin.

"I'm just playing smuggling, how can I be too upside down and let others get this power? Power can be circulated, the Yamashiro government up to the imperial relatives, down to the army businessmen, if they want to continue to make huge profits through smuggling, they need to trade with me, I know that it is difficult to eradicate smuggling at the root, this is not realistic, but to master this power, after all, it is good for me. Han Lin said.

(End of chapter)